On the eve of Independence Day, Israel’s population stood at 3.23 million, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced this week. The Jewish population reached 2.75 million. Twenty five years ago, when the State was established, there were 650,000 Jews.
The non-Jewish population, including 80,000 Arabs in East Jerusalem, has increased by 250,000 since 1948 to its current figure of 480,000. The figures do not include the one million Arabs that live in the administered territories. Since the State was established, 1.48 million immigrants have settled in Israel. Half of these immigrants came from Asia and Africa, the other half from Europe and America, the Bureau announced.
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